Insect destroyer



vJuly 6, v1926;

v G. G. ERDOS INSECT DESTROYER Filed Feb. 28, 1924 50 generating the steam.

Patented July 6, c

UNI-TED STATES PAl,^1;1,\ 11`f4OFFICIEL-A GEORGE GEzA Emacs, oE'BEooKEYN, NEW YQRK.

A INsEcT DESTROYER.' 1

y Application filed February 28, 1924. Serial-No. 695,828.

The presentinvention relates to insectdevIn the depression 5 ofthe..v boiler is dis-V Y Y i stroyers ot the typev wherein vapor is generposed an electric Vheat-er of any suitable conated and having a nozzle to direct the steam struction it including a. resistance coil 22, in in a jet, so as to concentrate the heat on inthe form` of a spiral, thatis wound V,upona 45 6 sects in their hiding places, whereby the inhollow core 23 ot electric insulatingrmatesects are killed.V rial. A flexibleelectric 'cableOr is carried The main kobject of theinvention is to from the coil terminalsthro-ugh an opening provide a simple and'eiticient device of this 31 in the handle 17,v and is adapted to be type, which employs an electric heater for connected toan. electric socket. A 50 The operation of-this deviceisas follows: V v- `Another object-of the invention is to pro- After the device has Vbeen filled to `the lvide a portable apparatus of the type menproper levelwith water, the electric: current.v

tioned. .t is turned on, lwhereby steam is generated."

The invention'is illustrated in the accom- The steam is ydirected by 'ineans of the panying drawings, in whichznozzle 19 upon lthe insects in their hiding AFigure 1 is a top planvie'w of an insect places, whereby they are killed. .It is tobe destroyer constructed in accordance with noted that the velectric heater isy wholly disthe' present invention; Fig. 2 `is a' section posed within. the well 5, so thatthe device taken on line A -A of Fig. 1;.vand Fig. 3 is lis insuredv against overheating even Y when "59 2*' a lside elevation, on a larger scale, of the only a small-amountV of liquid remains in electric heater. Y .A v the boiler or when the operator fails to hold InV the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the cont-rivance'inV an upright position. yThe a steam boiler, provided with-a steam dome ysteam Vdome on 'the boiler insures the pro- 2 in its top. Between the top and thebody duction of dry steam. Y 65 25 of the boiler is interposed a' gasket 3,'the I clainiz-` Y top being united with thesaidbody by LA portable insect exterminatorcoinscrew bolts 4t. In the bottomuot the boiler prisingv a steam boiler provided with ay is provided a depression 5, which forms al steam dome in its top and withadepression v liquid wel] when the boileris filled.V with in its bottom to forma liquid well,'an elec- 70 liquid. In the top ofthe'boiler istorined a tric heater wholly disposed lwithinsaid well,v filling' opening- 10adapted to-be closed by a and a tube provided with a nozzle. at its plug 13, for `instance in the `form 'of a cork. free end connected to said steam dome.l 1 The' donie has an outlet 11, and around this f .12( A portable insect exterminator ac' outlet is formed a nipple 14,'with Whichis cording to clainil,.comprising aV handle on 75V associated a tube To the free end ot said boiler, said handle being provided with this tube joined a nozzle 19. The tube 18, a hole, and an electric cable leading` through if made or" metal, .may be. covered vwith a. said hole. to said heater. y heat insulating material 20. The boiler 1s In testimony whereof, GEORGE GEZA Ennos mounted upon legs 21, and has attached to has signed his name to this specification this 8 9 40 it a. handle 17 ot heat non-conducting matelitthday ot December 1923. v ',rial. l GEORGE GEZA ERDOS.- 

